Journal-bearing.



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JOURNAL BEARING.

(Application filed 24, 1902.)

{No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. SCEETS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY-ONE ONE IIUNDREDTHS TO AUGUST J. WEIL, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

JOURNAL-BEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,114, dated November 18, 1902.

Application filed March 24,1902. Serial No. 99,767. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. SCEETS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- -nois, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Journal-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in journal-bearings of the character illustrated in my application, Serial No. 60,268, filed May 15, 1901, and also has for its object to provide an effective distributionof the oil to the bearing-surfaces in order to thoroughly lubricate the bearing and prevent heating. 7

The invention disclosed in my former application consists in providing a bearing with circumferential oil feeding channels and blind oil distributing channels extending 2o lengthwise of the bearing and intersecting the feeding-channels.

My present invention consists in providing a continuous oil-distributing channel for intersecting all of the main feeding-channels,

and in addition thereto auxiliary feedingchannels may be employed with blind intersecting channels.

For convenience I have shown in the accompanying drawings and will describe my invention as embodied in a car journal-bearing; but it will he understood that I do not restrict myself to this particular embodiment, .but may employ the invention whereverit will be useful and in car journal and other bear- 5 ings of any kind.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan or face View of the bearing, showing main oil-feeding channels intersected by a single oil-distributing channel; and Fig. 2 is a similar View also 40 showing auxiliary feeding-channels intersected by blind independent oil-distributing channels.

Like letters of reference indicate similar parts in both figures of the drawings, and referring thereto A designates any ordinary car journal-bearing provided with a composition lining a; but the bearing may be made of any suitable metal without such lining, if desired. The working face of the bearing is provided with circumferential oil-feeding channels B,

which are shown in the drawings as extending from the side edges of the bearing to the oil-distributing channel C, which is located, preferably, at or about midway between the side edges of the bearing and extends nearly to the ends thereof. The feeding-channels on one side of the distributing-channel are ar ranged in staggered relation to those on the other side, so as not to form a continuous circumferentialfeeding-channel extending from edge to edge of the bearing, and each end of the distributing-channel preferably terminates at itsjuncture with a feeding-channel, but may be extended, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, if desired.

I may also employ short auxiliary oil-feeding channels D alternating with the main oil-feeding channels B and intersected by the blind oil-distributing channels E, as shown in Fig. 2, if desired; but these blind oil-dis- 7o trlbuting channels may be of L form extending on one side only from the intersecting feeding-channel instead of T form, as shown. An oil-feeding opening F may be provided in the bearing, if desired. I do not limit myself in any way to the number or arrangement of the feeding-channels nor to the particular location of the distributing-channels, as it is apparent that changes and modifications may be made in the embodiment of the invention to adapt it to different conditions without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

In practice the oil is carried up on the journal through the feeding-channels B and distributed in the channel C lengthwise of the journal, particularly to that part thereof which is in constant contact with the bearing,

whereby a most effective lubrication is always maintained and friction between the a parts is reduced to a minimum.

The oil-channels may be formed in any way in the body of the bearing or of its lining, and if the bearing is provided with a lining they may be made of sufficient depth to extend completely through it into the body.

In the drawings, I have shown the invention embodied in car journal-bearings of two different types; but it is apparent that the invention is not limited in any way to use 7 Patent, is-

1. A journal-bearing having in its working face a longitudinal oil-distributing channel and circumferential oil-feeding channels intersecting the distributing-channel and arranged in staggered relation to each other on opposite sides of the distributing-channel.

2. A journal-bearing having in its working face a longitudinal oil-distributing channel, and parallel circumferential oil-feeding channels intersecting the distributing-channel and arranged in staggered relation with each other on opposite sides of the distributing-channel.

3. A journal-bearing having in. its working face circumferential oil-feeding channels and a longitudinal oil-distributing channel intersecting the feeding-channels, and auxiliary feeding-channels provided with blind distributing-channels.

4. A journal-bearing having in its Working face a longitudinal oil-distributing channel and parallel circumferential oil-feeding channels arranged in staggered relation with each other on opposite sides of said main distributing-channel, short auxiliary feeding-channels on each side of the main distributingchannel and alternating with the main feeding-channels, and an independent blind distributing-channel at the inner end of each auxiliary feeding-channel.

GEORGE N. SOEETS. Witnesses:

WM. 0. BELT, HELEN L. PECK. 

